Inner Vision 9/16/99 I saw the world with the subtle inner eye And through life's senseless rush a sudden hush Descended as beauty declaimed our destiny. I woke anew to green and the sudden flush Of fall, and joy in all that weeps and sings, My breath drew deep and with a swift inrush I knew love would survive in earthly things.

Autumn's Leaves.htm Autumn's Leaves The colours of love abide in autumn's leaves, Their hues imprinted long before the green Of chlorophyll transforms to breathless might The full and forceful flowering of light That breaks such miracles on jaded eyes Its photosynthesis from sun-filled skies, The wonder of an earth so rarely seen Save to the wakened eye that all perceives.

Remembrancer of Bliss To Seyril August 1999 Remembrancer of bliss in the fields of youth, In verdant valleys where the fledgling spirit soared Free in the winds and stars of childhood, rejoicing. In hamlets and houses and cities and far countries roamed, In the faces and colours of earth's unnumbered souls We found thee and in our manifest years on earth We grow to thy light as blossoms a happy branch. To the senseless clamour and ever-increasing speed Of a blinded life whose frenetic whirling pace A chimera seems, the silent ca

Unexpected Guest October 1999 Softly an unexpected snow Alights on autumn leaves Only a moment's magic though, Embracing the burning trees. Winter's white has come too soon Its touch dissolved by noon.

Rain of Grace Standing beneath the balcony of God Before the rising sun could show her face The monsoon rain burst forth upon our prayers And in each falling drop dispensed Her grace.

Mother October 1999 Once a being built of light Pulled the drawstring of my soul Opening to my inner sight The vision and the promised goal.

Flowers Are The Beacons Flowers are the beacons of my life, Radiant jewels crowning a sunlit path. They turn the wayward step, the errant tread Towards light; in beauty calm the seas of strife To peace, in silence sing to my listening soul A song of sacrifice and tender love Making each moment, eternal, perfect, Divine.

Endless Life If only we could look within and see The burning flame of being at our core, The calm and radiant psychic entity Instructing us that what has been before Will be again, awakened and renewed To light, bear the shield victorious, Upraised before the living and the dead Who, dying, live eternally in us. As the spirit grows from birth to birth And consciousness in animal, plant and man Descends in glory to our chosen earth The inner god who knows the cosmic plan Will recognize its corresponding strain, Take up the celestial challenge once again,

Prayer to Coalesce the Disparate Being Anger Lord that screens from me Thy face, Ego break, that I may cross to Thee Erase the self and all that is mean and base Impatience let die in Thy vast tranquillity. In the subtle shifting moments of the sky As the changing hues of autumn tint the trees Let all my hours fill and sanctify And all my days become as symphonies For all the songs of gratitude I've learned Increase in me the core humility, For Thy presence all these years I've yearned For homage at Thy Feet through eternity And all my births a

Mary Helen January 12, 1999 See how she bears the burden of our age In peaceful trust as the cancer multiplies; A focused will upon her lord and sage A steadfast prayer no force or fate denies. This shining soul exemplifies a life Of quiet dignity to persevere, Unshakable trust in Grace, heart free of strife, Her love all-encompassing, drawing the Blessed Ones near.